Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Guoguo, you once asked me if I was a human...
Hongguo had a premonition early on that Changzong took over the mine this time because he had made a discovery and wanted to help her gain a foothold. Only if she was useful would she be taken seriously and would not be bullied by Xu Wenying. Changzong was willing to do anything for her.
Hongguo knew everything. She didn't want Changzong to take risks. He had been out day and night for the past ten days. She was very worried, but she encouraged Changzong to continue because Hongguo knew that if they didn't do this and waited for others to find out and get involved, it would be a big loss.
Changzong was really fast. It only took more than 20 days from contracting the mine to getting the result. But Director Wei must have known about what was happening in the mine. Hongguo even suspected that there were people from the security department among the workers digging the mine.
If she could guess it, how could the curator not guess it? Not saying anything or stopping him was because he wanted Gu Changzong to continue.
Hongguo didn't take anyone there first, for she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to come back by morning, so she went to say hello to Lao Jiao. Lao Jiao was steady and could calm everyone's emotions even if she and Changzong came back a little later.
Lao Jiao was very worried and knew that things were not that simple. He wanted to go with them to take a look, but given the situation today, he would probably be stopped if he went. He and Hong Guo were on the same side, so he knew what was going on and there was no need to rush.
Hongguo and Changzong went to the mine. Changzong was driving the transport truck, so there was some movement. However, he had been making several trips a day and night in the past ten days, but today no one came out to see, except Lao Jiao. Hongguo also followed him out.
There were already some people at the newly dug mine. They were Director Wei and Xu Wenying. Based on trust, Director Wei said that they would wait for them to come down together.
Director Wei’s request is very reasonable. He is in the security department, and he has shown us enough sincerity by waiting here together.
Changzong kept it a secret from them. Director Wei was okay and didn't blame them, but Xu Wenying looked unhappy.
"You have violated the rules. We must follow them this time."
Gu Changzong said bluntly: "What does it have to do with Hongguo? You have chosen your words inappropriately and you continue to speak without thinking. You can go down and don't even think about coming up again."
"Are you threatening me?" Xu Wenying asked back.
Gu Changzong had a blank expression on his face: "You are asking me this even though you already know the answer. Do you think I care about your life or death? I only care about Hong Guo. If she didn't love the land under her feet, we would have already left. How could you ask me this question?"
Hongguo was afraid that Director Wei would have a bad impression of Changzong, so she interrupted him and asked Changzong to wait a moment while she and Director Wei walked a few steps away to talk.
Before speaking, Hong Guo glanced in the direction of Xu Wenying and said, "Director Wei, Changzong and his men have no bad intentions. Really bad people are very good at pretending to be good people. Moreover, because of Xu Wenying, three of Changzong's fellow villagers died. Xu Wenying's attitude was not good. Changzong is a capable person. He needs to be coaxed to be willing to work. Otherwise, don't let Comrade Wenying talk to Changzong. If there is anything to say, we can communicate between the two of us."
Wei Liangzheng preferred the troublemakers with bridles. Such people were not scary. He nodded and told Xu Wenying, "Are you here to do business, or to vent your emotions and show off? If it's not related to your family's affairs, you won't be allowed to go down the mine this time."
Xu Wenying used his power to show his power in the wrong place. At this point, he still wanted to suppress Hong Guo. How was that possible?
He must have looked at what was inside the hole that Changzong dug.
Changzong and Hongguo left first. Xu Wenying wanted to make some comments, but was shocked by Director Wei's serious expression, so he stood aside and said nothing.
Gu Changzong first let Hongguo get into the hanging basket and let her down. Hongguo wore a safety helmet and a headlamp. She estimated that after going down about twenty floors, it was about fifty or sixty meters deep. Surprisingly, the space below was not stuffy.
She stuck her head out of the hanging basket and shone her headlamp downwards, but still couldn't see the bottom. She was probably more than a dozen stories deep, which meant it was nearly a hundred meters. It was said that the cave was as deep as hell. It was really scary. If Hongguo hadn't known that Changzong was coming soon, she would have been scared to death. Even so, she couldn't control her trembling.
Soon, Gu Changzong came down along another rope, holding the rope with one hand and holding Hongguo by the waist with the other hand: "Guoguo, don't be afraid, let's go another way."
He swung backwards, then suddenly kicked the wall of the cave. Earth and rocks rustled down, revealing a hole as high as a person behind him. It turned out that a passage had been dug horizontally in the mine.
Hongguo's heart was about to jump out of her chest. Before her heartbeat had even calmed down, she had already fallen to the entrance of the passage. She held Changzong tightly and refused to let go. There was no protection at the entrance of the cave, and she was afraid of falling in.
The rubble had not yet completely fallen by her ears. Hongguo listened carefully, counting the ticking times in her mind. It took less than two seconds for her to reach the bottom. There was still a depth of about 20 to 30 meters below, not as deep as she had imagined. It seemed that the bottom had been raised by the soil and rocks used to dig the tunnel.
Changzong first dug a deep mine tunnel, then dug a passage horizontally, and threw the soil and rocks from the passage directly into the bottom of the tunnel. No wonder there was no large-scale transportation of soil and rocks up there later. Changzong's arrangements were very cautious.
When the searchlight was shone, green stepping stones were seen on the ground of the passage, and every few meters there was a piece of natural jade emitting a faint green light.
Hongguo squatted down quickly. The quality of the jade was very good, with a smooth cross-section. It was cut with tools. One stone was cut into two pieces in the middle, and the jadeite raw stone was laid on the ground of the passage like paving a stone road. The same goes for the wall. Such jadeite itself does not have the function of lighting, but when there is a light source, it will have a long fluorescence, which is equivalent to a road sign. When you step on the jade, it is like a man-made stone road.
Jiang Hongguo was heartbroken. Changzong didn't care about money. In order to make it easier for her to walk, he paved the excavated raw stones in the passage. It was such a waste.
Wei Liangzheng has already come down. He looks like a gentle and refined man with good physical fitness. Like Changzong, he did not rely on the hanging basket but came down along the rope. Sure enough, the person who can be the leader of such a department is not an ordinary person. Hongguo guessed that Director Wei had served in the army, and he must be a special branch of the military.
Wei Liangzheng saw Hongguo was upset as if he had been robbed of his money, so he asked with a smile: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Hong Guo pointed at the jadeite on the ground and the wall and said as nonchalantly as possible: "No, it hurts to see Chang Zong cut so many stones at once. I don't know whether to confiscate them or not."
Gu Changzong was incredulous and looked at Wei Liangzheng: "No way? You guys are backed by your family and country, how can you care about this little jade?"
Wei Liang was just about to be amused by this young couple. At this hour, they were still focusing on the jade materials. He had already noticed something unusual. Judging from the quantity on the ground and on the wall, the amount of jade materials produced in this mine was abnormally large.
Xu Wenying also came down. Seeing this tunnel dug horizontally halfway, he was surprised and wanted to ask something, but with the lesson he had just learned, he held back and didn't ask.
After walking forward for dozens of meters, the road signs paved with jade continued to extend forward. A single mine would not have so many raw stones, but the passage that had been opened had more raw stones. Many of them were raw stones that were chiseled directly on the wall when the passage was dug. They were used as jade street lamps for lighting. The headlamps and flashlights of four people kept shining there, and the green fluorescence still had no end. It could only be paved with local materials, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them.
Hong Guo thought he had made a fortune. When he had contracted the project, he was worried about when he would get his money back from the hundreds of thousands of yuan in contract fees. Now, looking at the raw stones in this channel, he would be able to get his money back when all of them were dug out.
She looked at Changzong's calm and handsome face and liked him more and more. She dared to praise him in front of others. She wanted to let Director Wei know that he couldn't do without Changzong.
"Chang Zong, you are really amazing."
Gu Changzong couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Hongguo's admiring expression. It was also a coincidence that the mine of Xu Wenying's family was not far from here. For more than ten generations, they had also discovered and prepared some things, but they were interrupted in modern times and no one knew about it.
The tunnel was not straight, but winding. After walking for half an hour, Xu Wenying couldn't help but remind Wei Liangzheng: "They only had two people digging for more than ten days, and they only dug two or three kilometers. Are they really human?"
Gu Changzong said bluntly: "Don't you always suspect that I am not a human? People must be suspicious and incompetent like you? Don't worry, we will soon be near your mine."
Just as he finished saying this, there was a wooden door in front of him, which was not locked. Gu Changzong did not hesitate and pushed it open. Inside was an empty room dug out from a jade mine. The area was not very spacious, and it was estimated to be more than 30 square meters. Except for Gu Changzong, all the four people were stunned.
Gu Changzong was quite proud. He closed the wooden door and brought a large board made of ore from inside to block it again. Then, without even looking at the other two people, he only said to Hong Guo: "Guo Guo, you asked me before if I was a human being. I always said yes. I am really a human being, but I am not from your side."
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